当时

dāng shí · dang shi/dàng shí · dang shi

Traditional 當時

Meaning

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dāng shí 當時

  1. then
  2. at that time
  3. while

dàng shí 當時

  1. at once
  2. right away

In a sentence

2 examples
01

要(yào)是(shì)当(dāng)时(shí)有(yǒu)好(hǎo)好(hǎo)读(dú)说(shuō)明(míng)书(shū)就(jiù)好(hǎo)了(le)。

If only I had read the user manual properly at the time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by DaoSeng · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected; English translation revised.

02

如(rú)果(guǒ)他(tā)当(dāng)时(shí)再(zài)努(nǔ)力(lì)一(yì)点(diǎn),他(tā)就(jiù)成(chéng)功(gōng)了(le)。

If he had worked a little harder at the time, he would have succeeded.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected; English translation revised.

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